It's a done deal. Two coats of stain and five coats of polyurethane. Fine steel wool worked between each coat - lots of elbow grease involved. I likes it:

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Put Eager Allan Crow on it. Pottery made. He's rude, crude, ugly, and obnoxious. Just our style. Pretty cool I thought.